Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-30
EASTERN.
The Strike of LOngshore'
men Still Continues.
FIRE AT THE CROMWELL PIER.
What Senator Williams is Said to
Have Accomplished in the
Senate.
Special to the Herald bv the Associated Press.

Special 10 the Herald 6t the Associated Press.
New YORK. January 29.-The exten.
sion of the strike to railroad freight
handlers on the city water front has
brought the number of men now out to
nearly thirty thousand. The probabil.
ity is that before the day is over the
railroad employees will cease work. The
men on the New York City and North.
ern railroad piers on East River claim to
have had grievance against the conf
pany on account of the low rates OF
wages, and also irregularity of pay men Is,
the men claiming that in some instances
pay was more than a month overdue,
though this is denied by company men.
Through sympathy with the coal show.
elers and steamship longshoremen, who
went out yesterday, the railroad men
on the Hartford dock, East River,
were the next to go out, and it is ru-
mored that to-day the men on the Penn.
sylvania and other railroad docks will
90 out. There is the greatest difficulty
in moving freight. There is one dock
above the North dock where most of
the ocean steamers are beached. All
outgoing vessels have been delayed for
want of coal.
PRESS COMMENT.
New YORK. January 20. - The
Mail and Erpress says: The strike
OF coal handlers, which has re-
suited in almost parrlyzing the entirs
traffic along the river fronts OF this city,
rendering idle thousands OF men and
causing untold misery and suffering to
the sick and poor, has been in existence
Just month. Not single point been
gained by them; on the contrary, both
they and their sympathizers who have
struck TO aid them, are much worse off
than before the strike began. Not one
of these men have any idea of the wide.
spread direct loss to this city; the dam.
age to the vast commerce centered here.
and the loss in hard cash to their fel.
low.workmen and their families. which
their action has entailed, They would
be astonished to be told that this total in
estimated figures, reaches to
more than four million dollars, yet such
is the case.
ARRESTED FoR0SNsrIRAcY.
NEW YORK, January 29.--James Il.
Quinn, of the executive board of the
Union, was arrested to.
day by deputy United States marshal
for conspiring to ipjure the business of
the Old Dominion Steamship Company.
Twenty thousand dollars in damages is
asked. He was released on 5000 bail.
NEWS AT THE OFFICES.
NEW YORK, January 29.-At the
Gu,on line otiice on Broadway it was
said that the Wyoming would be ready
to sail by Tuesday. Green hands were
at work and by the time the next vessel
came in they would be ready to handle
freight as quickly as the old hands.
AT the State line office the chief clerk
said that the company was embarrassed
by the strike for the reason that none of
their vessels would sail for week.
At the Cunard line office it was said
that they could get all the men they
wanted. The Gallla had been coaled
and cargoed by non union men, and the
Vessel will sail to morrow.
At the Anchor. line it was said: "We
have ali the men we want--about $50. %
AT tue French Trans-Atlantiqne line
the agent said his company was not in
convenienced.
TWAS reported at noon to-day that the
weighers in the custom house had struck
out of sympathy lor the longshoremen,
and the rumor caused some excitemeni
among officials. 1t transpired, however,
that it was not the weighers but theil
laborers who had struck.
PIERS ON FIRE.
New YORK, January Ca fire broke
out this afternoon ON the Cromwell line
pier, No. North river, and its contents
were destroyed. The steamers of the
line ply between New York and New
Orleans. When the engines, summoned
by three alarms of fire, got to the scene
the wholer pier was o mass of flames.
Alongside the pier lay the steamer
Louisiana, which was just ready to sail,
and on her deck were passengers waving
their adieus to their friends on she re.
On the other side of the dock was the
steamer New Orleans. Both vessels
were towed out to midstream. The pas
sepgers on the Louisiana were taken off
by police officers, who were protecting
non-union workmen. The vessels up.
per works were in flames while the pas
sengers were being passed down the
side. The Louisiana was towed out into
the stream and the flames extingnished.
1t was reported that the fire was startdd
by strikers, but the police deny this.
The police estimate the damage all told
at about $4,000, fully insured. The
cause of the fire is not known.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
NEW YORK, January 29-5 2. NJ
Piers eight and nine, North River, occu'
pied by the Cromwell line of steamers to
New Orleans are on fire. A number OF
engines have been summoned to the fire.
One steamer, burning considerably, has
been towed out into the river. Pier
nine, which is that occupied by the
Cromwell line, will be destroyed. Pier
eight, occupied by the Sou thern railroad
of New Jersey, is ahre, but the flames
there may be extinguished. But one
steamer, the name of which cannot now
be learned, took fire. The chances are
good for suppressing the flames aboard
of her.
The Interstate Com Incrce Bill.
WASHINGTON, January 29.-Attorney'
General Garland to-day received brief'
from representatives of number o.
railways, presenting arguments against
the approval OF the Interstate Com
merce Bill. He says he will give them
consideration before making any report
on the bill. 1t is understood that the
bill accompanied by the report of thu
Attorney. General will be submitted tc